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Potters Bar Urban District
51°41′N 0°12′W / 51.683°N 0.200°W
Potters Bar Urban District was a local government district in England from 1894 to 1974, covering the town of Potters Bar and the village of South Mimms. The district was initially called the South Mimms Rural District, being renamed in 1934.
Potters Bar Urban District was transferred from Middlesex to Hertfordshire in 1965, and abolished in 1974 to become part of Hertsmere.
South Mimms Rural District had its origins in the Barnet Poor Law Union, which had been created in 1835. In 1872, rural sanitary districts were created, with the boards of guardians of poor law unions being made responsible for public health and local government for the rural parts of their districts. Under the Local Government Act 1894, rural sanitary districts became rural districts from 28 December 1894, and were split where they straddled county boundaries, as the Barnet Rural Sanitary District did. South Mimms Rural District was therefore created from those parts of the Barnet Rural Sanitary District which were within Middlesex, whilst the remainder of the Barnet Rural Sanitary District was in Hertfordshire, and became the Barnet Rural District.
South Mimms Rural District contained the single parish of South Mimms. As a rural district which contained only one parish, there was no separate parish council established for South Mimms; the South Mimms Rural District Council performed the duties that would otherwise have been a parish council's responsibility. The parish of South Mimms had been reduced in size shortly before the new rural district came into being, as parts of the old parish were within the urban districts of Barnet and East Barnet Valley. The part of the former South Mimms parish in Barnet became a new parish called South Mimms Urban, whilst the part of South Mimms within East Barnet Valley was added to the parish of Monken Hadley. The reduced South Mimms parish assumed its new boundaries with effect from the first parish meeting on 4 December 1894, ahead of the new rural district's creation on 28 December 1894.
The South Mimms parish and rural district was affected by further boundary changes in 1896, 1924 and 1926.
On 1 April 1934 the South Mimms Rural District was reconstituted as an urban district and renamed Potters Bar Urban District, covering the same area.
The district was part of the review area of the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London, however it did not form part of the proposed Greater London area. In 1965, when Middlesex was abolished and most of its former area was transferred to Greater London under the London Government Act 1963, the Potters Bar Urban District was instead transferred to Hertfordshire.
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Potters Bar Urban District
51°41′N 0°12′W / 51.683°N 0.200°W
Potters Bar Urban District was a local government district in England from 1894 to 1974, covering the town of Potters Bar and the village of South Mimms. The district was initially called the South Mimms Rural District, being renamed in 1934.
Potters Bar Urban District was transferred from Middlesex to Hertfordshire in 1965, and abolished in 1974 to become part of Hertsmere.
South Mimms Rural District had its origins in the Barnet Poor Law Union, which had been created in 1835. In 1872, rural sanitary districts were created, with the boards of guardians of poor law unions being made responsible for public health and local government for the rural parts of their districts. Under the Local Government Act 1894, rural sanitary districts became rural districts from 28 December 1894, and were split where they straddled county boundaries, as the Barnet Rural Sanitary District did. South Mimms Rural District was therefore created from those parts of the Barnet Rural Sanitary District which were within Middlesex, whilst the remainder of the Barnet Rural Sanitary District was in Hertfordshire, and became the Barnet Rural District.
South Mimms Rural District contained the single parish of South Mimms. As a rural district which contained only one parish, there was no separate parish council established for South Mimms; the South Mimms Rural District Council performed the duties that would otherwise have been a parish council's responsibility. The parish of South Mimms had been reduced in size shortly before the new rural district came into being, as parts of the old parish were within the urban districts of Barnet and East Barnet Valley. The part of the former South Mimms parish in Barnet became a new parish called South Mimms Urban, whilst the part of South Mimms within East Barnet Valley was added to the parish of Monken Hadley. The reduced South Mimms parish assumed its new boundaries with effect from the first parish meeting on 4 December 1894, ahead of the new rural district's creation on 28 December 1894.
The South Mimms parish and rural district was affected by further boundary changes in 1896, 1924 and 1926.
On 1 April 1934 the South Mimms Rural District was reconstituted as an urban district and renamed Potters Bar Urban District, covering the same area.
The district was part of the review area of the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London, however it did not form part of the proposed Greater London area. In 1965, when Middlesex was abolished and most of its former area was transferred to Greater London under the London Government Act 1963, the Potters Bar Urban District was instead transferred to Hertfordshire.